The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized piece of work, and in 1993, was made into a film starring Tom Cruise. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was initially only marginally successful and did not bring the author the attention of the general public. The legal thriller is a sub-genre of the detective story in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. ... John Ray Grisham Jr. ... The Firm DVD cover The Firm is a legal thriller film released in 1993, directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Gary Busey, and David Strathairn. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... A Time to Kill is the name of a legal suspense thriller authored by John Grisham in 1989. ...

Plot summary

The novel focuses on Mitch McDeere, graduated third in his class at Harvard Law School. Mitch is married to his girlfriend from college, Abby. Mitch's brother Ray is serving a prison term. Another brother died in Vietnam. Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ...

Mitch has offers from law firms in New York and Chicago. but he is seduced by a promise of great pay, a house, and a BMW from a small law firm in Memphis. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ...

Initially, although he's worked very hard, life is good in Memphis, with the chance to become a partner after only a few years. Then two of Mitch's colleagues die in an accident. An FBI agent, Wayne Tarrance, confronts Mitch, and Mitch learns gradually that the Firm is actually a cover for the Mafia. They have a system in which new lawyers from poor backgrounds are successfully lured into the firm with promises of secure wealth. By the time a lawyer knows its actual operations, he cannot leave. No lawyer has actually quit the firm alive. Mitch learns that his house, office and even his car are bugged. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Desperate to find a way out and stay alive in the process, Mitch makes a deal with the FBI, in which he gets two million dollars and the release of his brother, but only if he collects enough evidence to indict the members of the firm. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Meanwhile, the firm becomes suspicious, and with the assistance of a mole in the FBI, they discover Mitch's plan. Once Mitch learns of this, he stops trusting the FBI and runs from both the police and Mafia, taking his wife and his now-released brother with him. He then proceeds to steal approximately ten million dollars from various bank accounts belonging to the firm. A mole is a spy who works for an enemy nation and works within his nations government. ...

Mitch manages to escape to the Caribbean, while the FBI gets the evidence they need to bust the firm. At the end, Mitch and his family are shown quietly enjoying their newfound wealth in the Caribbean.

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See also The Firm (1993 film) This article is about the 1993 film. ...